New Supreme Court ruling a good sign?

[n01d3x]

This has nothing to do with gold prospecting, but I see it as good news. Seems the Supreme Court is starting to push back against administrative agencies.
https://ballotpedia.org/Weyerhaeuser_Company_v._United_States_Fish_and_Wildlife_Service

 

[russau]

They just passed the buck to a lower court to decide.

 

[Kray Gelder]

I don't want to make light of endangered species, BUT...I get a little wound up over these absolute statements. These college students drafted to help some guy going for his doctorate, spend a few days wandering around in the woods, and announce the gopher frogs are gone. Didn't see a one. THEY LIVE UNDERGROUND! Then someone accidentally spots a couple in another area, and declares them ENDANGERED, shutting down and area to economic activity. My guess would be these invisible amphibians are probably scattered throughout the south, but nobody ever sees them, BECAUSE THEY LIVE UNDERGROUND!

The spotted owl fiasco comes to mind, after destroying the timber industry in the Northwest, they discover these elusive owls are everywhere, not just "old" growth. Too late to change the protection restrictions. Just because a species is rare, doesn't mean they're endangered.

 

[aquanut]

I don't want to make light of endangered species, BUT...I get a little wound up over these absolute statements. These college students drafted to help some guy going for his doctorate, spend a few days wandering around in the woods, and announce the gopher frogs are gone. Didn't see a one. THEY LIVE UNDERGROUND! Then someone accidentally spots a couple in another area, and declares them ENDANGERED, shutting down and area to economic activity. My guess would be these invisible amphibians are probably scattered throughout the south, but nobody ever sees them, BECAUSE THEY LIVE UNDERGROUND!

The spotted owl fiasco comes to mind, after destroying the timber industry in the Northwest, they discover these elusive owls are everywhere, not just "old" growth. Too late to change the protection restrictions. Just because a species is rare, doesn't mean they're endangered.

I agree! I'm rare, but I'm not endangered.

 

[Duckshot]

Gopher frogs are like the ceolacanth, they just are not delicious enough to become extinct.

 

[n01d3x]

Did they just pass the buck? It said that the case was vacated and remanded. Doesn't that mean that they overturned the 5th District ruling on the case?

 

[Kray Gelder]

I think they boomeranged it. Sent it back down. No decision.